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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Sunday, July 6, 2008

I cannot stop staring at this cake. It just sits there, taunting me with its bizarreness, daring me to explain the spinning ring of fire, the glistening blob of golden jello, the dripping Double Dare slime, and the oddly precious pink ruffles. Is it a birthday cake? Anniversary? Year of the Cat? What?

Believe it or not the glowing flower on top starts out looking like a tulip, all closed up. Then you light the top of it, it explodes like a giant sparkler, then the petals of the flower open up and the candles appear on the tips of the petals already lit! The best part is that is spins and sings Happy Birthday at the same time! YIKES!

Why is it that "anonymous" is the only one willing to correct my spelling errors? Thanks, though; that whole its/it's thing has always been my grammatical Achilles heel. I like to think I wouldn't post a cake for such a minor mistake, though.

"The center of the candle has an unexpected high flame and the plastic petals could ignite resulting in melting and dripping plastic. The ignited plastic could also spread to nearby combustibles and pose a fire hazard to consumers. The battery contained in the middle of candle could eventually explode."

" 'The center of the candle has an unexpected high flame and the plastic petals could ignite resulting in melting and dripping plastic. The ignited plastic could also spread to nearby combustibles and pose a fire hazard to consumers. The battery contained in the middle of candle could eventually explode.'

Yikes, indeed!"

This is ohsotrue. My family has tried this insane contraption (bought somewhere in Chinatown) twice, and both times the petals melt together. If you poke at them until the spring apart, the individual petals will continue to melt. All the while, the Happy Birthday song gets higher-pitched and screechy from the melting, until it's a constant ear-piercing whine. Then it begins to melt plastic onto the cake. And there appears to be no way to turn off the screeching, you have to cut the wires. And yes, we tried it twice. And the flame goes quite high. It was pretty amazing.

Hmm, the background of the restaurant makes it look a LOT like the Congee Village restaurant in New York City.

Asian culture may seem wacky, sometimes especially the "translations" of Western traditions. (I have no doubt the "puffer fish" cakes were from an Asian grocery, too.) Just... go light on the cultural bashing please, people?

In regard to the it's/its debate, actually the "it's" you used innitially is correct. I have trouble with this one so I have it on a post-it at my computer. You use the conjunction "it is" with the apostrophe (it's), and you use the possesive without (its).

You're so hilarious, Jen that I can't even see from the tears. The cakes are funny on their own, but you take it up like 10 levels. Do you have a myspace or something where we can see YOU? I want to be your friend! Thank you for making my day filled with laughter!

It looks to me like a zombie bit it, and the green bits are showing through as it goes through putrefaction and gains its true zombie nature.

I'm not sure what zombie cakes lust after. I'd love to come up with a hilarious bon mot, but the best I can come up with is "Raaaaaaaisins!", which is incredibly lame and not worthy of anyone's time. ;)

As an aside, while I can understand the post asking to go light on the culture bashing, saying that it's in an Asian restaurant tells us nothing of what the cake was supposed to be/represent. Until I have some context, I'll remain firm in my zombie cake with exploding accessory stance.

This cake looks strangely delicious - just like those multicoloured clear Japanese lollies with cutesy little trinkets inside...you know, the ones that taste like plastic. I'm pretty sure they're meant to be edible...

I'm actually fairly intrigued by the slime.I'm getting married on Halloween, and I had been pondering some outrageous cake ideas. Maybe I'll swap the radioactive green for a crimson. I will, however, forgo the floral flamethrower...

Has anyone seen those birthday cards that show a baker holding a "cake" and another baker saying: "I said a SHEET cake!!!" Definitely lost in translation.

Oh, and regarding the baby cake, I don't know what's more disturbing, the idea of the cake, or the video of it's making. I wouldn't want to eat anything that has been touched and played with for so long, without a hair net either... yuk!

i had that candle for my last birthday!you put it on and it's a giant flower with one candle protruding out of it, and you light the candle and the flower kinda explodes, and then you have a bunch of lit candles coming off of the now open petals. then it spins around and plays happy birthday.best. candle. EVER.

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